15 1/2 Week Belly Shot

Here is the latest belly shot...don't really like it, but I will get over it! :)




Here is Dean's 15 1/2 week belly! He is feeling a bit left out of all the blogging, so he thought I should take a shot of his belly too! :)

15 1/2 Weeks

Hello all! Today was our latest trip to the Dr. and once again all went well. I have had some issues with cramping and light spotting, but things all look normal at this time. I think the cramping was from being dehydrated and just not really used to being pregnant and over-reacted a little bit. My normal Dr. was on vacation so I saw a different Dr. than normal, but he was very nice and answered all my questions! (There were many!) I don't have pics this time of the babies because they scanned me in the office and that machine just doesn't print clear pics, so the next pics I post will be after the anatomy scan on the 15th of September. (I will also know the sex of the babies then too!) The Dr. we saw today bumped our visits up to every 2 weeks now so they can start keeping a close eye on my cervix length. The next visit we have is going to be with yet another Dr. in the clinic because he only sees patients on Monday's and with it being a holiday, we are seeing someone on Tuesday. Luckily I am used to multiple Dr's from the fertility clinic, so at this point I have no hang ups about new doctors seeing me! :) That is about it from us! Just moving right along...still kind of hard to believe that I am 15 1/2 weeks along already! That about does it from me! Love you all!!

It has been a while since I have updated, but that is just because not much is going on right now! I am feeling great, a bit uncomfortable already, but I am happy to finally be uncomfortable! :) We have a doctor's appointment on Monday, so I may have more to report then, but for now, things are just moving right along! Hard to believe that I am already 14 1/2 weeks along!! Time flies! I am still in Oregon, but will be joining Dean soon in Washington, probably after this doctor appointment, the house is just about packed up. I move slower than normal, so it is taking me a bit longer than I would like, but that is ok! It is getting done little by little! Dean will be home this weekend to finish all the big jobs and move all the boxes I have filled out to the garage. I can pack the boxes, but they stay where they are filled until Dean moves them! That is about it from here for now...I will update after we see the doctor! Love you all!!

First Belly Picture

As much as I don't want to take pictures of my growing belly...it has been requested of me to do so. Dean took this one today after our doctor's appointment.

Pictures from Ultrasound

Baby A with the crown rump length measuring at 12 weeks 1 day. It is a little fuzzy, but you can tell that it is a baby! :)

Baby B with crown rump length. This one isn't as good, but you can kind of see the baby...still looks perfect to me! :)

Ultrasound #2

Today was a long day, but filled with good news and great views of the babies! The doctor's office is at OHSU, which is up on a hill in Portland. The parking situation up there is bleak to say the least, so they have you park down at the building by the riverfront and you take a tram that goes up over the freeway to the hospital on the hill. It was really fun to finally take our turn on the ride that we have been watching from the window of the fertility clinic for all these years! We had our first official OB appointment first and the doctor answered my every growing list of questions and did a quick scan to see heartbeats and listen to them. Things looked great there, except that "Baby B" wouldn't lay still long enough for the Dr. to get a good reading! But, it was finally found and recorded and both babies looked good. We went back down the hill and had our official scan...and again things looked good here too. They both measured around 12 weeks and had strong heartbeats. They both looked more like babies this time, both had 2 legs and 2 arms and moved them around quite a bit! They did a test called the nuchal translucency test to determine risk of chromosomal abnormalities. Basically they measure the fold on the back of the neck and determine if it measures where it should. "Baby B" did great with this one and moved just right so they were able to get it fairly quickly. "Baby A", on the other hand, refused to move to show the back of the neck and we had to endure over an hour of them pushing and trying to jiggle the baby into a different position! Stubborn already!! They were finally able to get what they needed and both babies look perfectly normal. The pictures are still a little fuzzy, but they do show the shape of a baby more than the ones from before. I am officially off work now, last night was my last night. My doctor filled out my leave papers, so I can take my time in deciding what my next step will be either part time work or none at all. For now, I am looking forward to sleeping at night again! That is about it from us...still not sure when I will be joining Dean in Washington, but it will be soon! Oh, one thing that did change was my due date. The fertility clinic had me at Feb. 6th, but my OB had me at Feb. 9th. I asked about it today and he agreed with them and it is now Feb. 6th, which makes me 12 weeks 3 days pregnant now...every day counts! :)

Getting ready to move!

Just to keep everyone in the loop, we are getting ready to move to Washington. Dean has been working there since January and will be there for close to 2 more years, and fell in love with the area up there, so we are relocating! It is time for us to live under the same roof again! :) Plus, I don't think it is fair that he has missed out on all the fun pregnancy hormone swings that I get to go through, so I am taking them to him! The process will go slow on my end, I move a bit slower these days due to being tired all the time, but we will get it done! I will let you know new addresses and such when the info becomes available. I will be keeping the OB doc. I have in Portland though. I really liked him and he said that it isn't uncommon for him to have patients that live far away, and as long as things look good, I can just come for my visits and have my scans done in Moses Lake, so that is our plan. When it gets closer and I get bigger and he wants me closer, I will just move in with my sister until the babies are born. As far as work goes, I will be taking a leave for a while to get settled in Washington and take my time to decide if I feel like working part time for a while longer. There is a Wal-Mart there in Moses Lake, so the option is there. Other than that, things are just moving right along! Hard to believe I am already 10 weeks pregnant and so far haven't had too much to complain about! I haven't gained too much weight yet, but my pants no longer fit comfortably, so I will be shopping for work attire to get me through my last few weeks here. Our next doctor's appointment is going to be Monday July 28th, so I will update for sure then with all the news about how everyone is doing!